Chilean Refugees in Saskatchewan

Fonds name:

Chilean Refugees in Saskatchewan

Accession number:

R-12801 to R-12812

Lang. of recordings:

English

IR:

Summaries of interviews

Description:

Interviews conducted in 1991 as an exercise for a Jounalism
class, University of Regina, organized by assistant professor
Jill Spelliscy, and donated to the Saskatchewan Archives. This
project focuses on Chilean refugees who came to Canada during the
1970s and settled in Saskatchewan. The interviews examine their
lives in Chile, the conditions that led to the military coup in
1973 and the circumstances that forced the interviewees to leave
Chile and why they came to Canada. The interviews also chronicle
the expectations, the obstacles and the day to day stories of
their lives here in Regina. Efforts were made to obtain a
cross-section of stories and experiences including those of
people who were very young when they fled Chile with their
families.